Guard for veil-racks.



M. D. GOEY. GUARD FOR VEIL RAGKS. APPLIOATION FILED MAY 28, 190s.

Patented Mar. 9,

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MARIE D. COEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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Speccaton of Letters Patent.

:Patented March 9, 1909.

`Application filed May 28, 1908. Serial No. @$5,580.

To all-whom it may concern.'

Be it known that l, MARIE D. Conv, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Chicago, county of Cook, State of illinois, have invented a new and useful Guard for Veil-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a protection for the fastening devices of veil racks, so that the raclrs may be prevented from interference With other articles with which they come in contact and in order that the rack may be more effective in its purpose of retaining the veil in extended position, preventing crumpling or other departure from the normal and proper shape of the veil.

The further purpose of my invention is to Y rovide a rest upon which the veil may stand,

ut Without contact of the veil-retaining devices With the object upon which the rack is placed.

Further purposes of my device Will more fully and at large appear in the description comprising the specification and in the claims.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, l have shown in the accompanying drawings one form thereof Which is at present preferred by me, since the same has been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of whichA my invention consists can be variously ar ranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities as herein shoWn and described.

Figure l represents the preferred form of my device in perspective. Figs. 2 and 3 represent the form illustrated in Fig. i in transverse sections upon the lines X X and Y-Y respectively. Figs. 4, 5 and 6 represent modified forms of my construction of which Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the structure in Fig. 4, and Figs. l and 6 are broken perspectives. Figs. 7 and 8 represent modications of Fig. 1 in perspective and section respectively.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawingsz-The purpose of the veil rack and guard here illustrated and described is the same as that of the veil rack patented to me upon the 20th day of November, 1906, namely, to provide for the proper support of a veil When not in use, avoiding 'the Wrinlding which results from .even careful folding, ermitting it to dry and retaining the origina freshness and perfect shape of the veil.

l designates my veil rack of the general character shown in my patent and Which is Vrovided with pins for engagement by the lbops of the veil. ln the present instance l have preferred to illustrate another form of pin from that of my patent, preferably malring use of pins 2 headed at 3 and passed out- Wardly through the flanges l of guards Whose Vother flanges 5 comprise the actual guarding edge or means for protection of the .pins against interference With other objects. rlhe flanges 4 are, in the form shown best in Fig. 2, held upon opposite sides of the board l, by means of any suitable fastenings such as rivets 6, but may be glued, stitched or cemented thereto. i may maire use of continuous pins 2', as illustrated in Fig. 5 in any of my forms, passing them through the board and iianges 5 and retaining by engagement therewith, or of U-shaped pins 2, shown in Fig. S.

it will be noted that the flanges 5 preferably extend beyond the outer ends of the pins 2 and just in sufficient proximity thereto to protect the same Without being unduly in the Way when the edges of the veil are to be passed over the pins. The extension of flanges above the pins permits my device to rest upon the flanges altogether with the result that the veil rack can be placed upon a finished surface Without scratching the same. Other objects may be placed on top of it Without disengaging the veil from the hook and Without injuring the objects so placed.

lt Will be noted that in the form of pin illustrated in if ig. 2, the guard is at the same time used as a retaining device for the pins, Which do not pass through the board at all and that in the structure shown in the right hand of 2, the pins assist in the retention of the flanges 4 against the board. In either oase there is cooperation of the pins and the flanges for retention of one or other of these parts.

ln the form shown in Figs, Il and 5 l make use of pins 2 passing entirely through the veil rack l and provide a removable guard 7 adapted to be passed over and to engage reasonably With the edge 8 of the rack so as to be retained thereon in such position that the faces 9 and 10 Will guard the pins 2 with much the same force and effect as in the structure shown in Fig. l. Any suitable CIK means may be provided for resilient engagement of the removable guard with the edge 8 of my veil holder, a convenient form of which consists in roviding an edging 11 of plush upon the veil holder.

ln Fig, 6 the same characteristics exist as in l and 5 except that l have placed the pins nearer the extreme edge of the veil rack and have recessed the removable guard at 12 to allow the portions 13 of the guard to pass between and about the pins making a morel complete guard.

One of the advantages of the removable guard is that it does not in any way hinder the placing of the veil upon the pins, but may be applied after the veil has been so placed.

The structure shown in Figs. 4 and 5 has some advantages over the structure shown in ig. 6 in that it need not pass upon the veil itself. The part shown in Fig. 6 may, however, be recessed as indicated at 14 in Fig. 6, so that the portion passing Vbeyond the veil is not in engagement therewith.

ln the form shown in 7 I have shown the flanges 5 as foldable to the position shown in dotted lines at 15, which keeps them out of the way during the placing of the veil upon the pins, which i might here remark is most conveniently done by use of a hair pin, and after which the vliange may be folded to some such position as at 5 and retained in position by anysuitable means as byarubber band 16. One of the flanges may be extended as at 17 to cover the pins if desired. The flanges 5 are preferably'creased along the point at which they are intended to fold so as to readily permit of the requisite folding withoutnecessity for formally providing hinges.

it will be evident as to all of my forms that they may be made of any standard sizes to lit accepted sizes of veils or may be made longitudinally extensible or adjustable to i'it various sizes.

Having thus described my invention, 'what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters. latent, is Y 1. In a device of the character described, a veil rack, comprising a frame having rows of veil retaining pins thereon in combination with a guard in proximity to said pins.

2. In a device of the character described, a veil rack having rows of pins thereon in combination with angularly formed guards protecting the pins and retaining them in position.

3. 1n a device of the character described, a frame in combination with angular guards, headed pins passing through said guards and means for retaining the guards in position with the pins against the frame.

l. ina device ol' the character described,

a frame, in combination with a guard comprising two angular flanges, pins passing through one of said flanges and means for retaining said flange against the frame.

MARE D. (JOEY. TWitnesses ELIZABETH A. ROBINSON, LUciLE M. DYNEs. 

